Megan Gray is a general assignment reporter at the Portland Press Herald. A Midwest native, she moved to Maine in 2016. She has written about presidential politics and local government, jury trials and jails, lawsuits and U.S. Supreme Court cases. Her favorite stories are the ones that help us learn more about each other and the varied lives we lead in this expansive state. She likes to explore Maine’s hiking trails and coastal islands with her husband, and she definitely wants to pet your dog.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2019
Judge denies latest request in Maine man’s 17-year fight to overturn murder conviction
A jury convicted Foster Bates in 2002 of gross sexual assault and murder in the death of Tammy Dickson in 1994.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2019
Maine Family Planning will forgo federal funds over Trump’s abortion ‘gag rule’
The nonprofit receives nearly $2 million from the family planning program each year, and that money represents roughly 25% of its revenue.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2019
Portland police make drug trafficking arrests in Bayside
A Portland Police Department spokesman said more charges are expected.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2019
Skateboarder injured in Portland hit-and-run
Police say they are looking for the driver of a white sedan that should have damage to the passenger side.
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PublishedJuly 9, 2019
Acton woman can’t change guilty plea in ex-husband’s murder, judge rules
Kandee Weyland Collind will be sentenced for stabbing Scott Weyland in 2017.
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PublishedJuly 8, 2019
Student charged in crash that killed a Wilton man near Bug Light Park in 2018
William Blanchard of Gorham, now 19, was driving the car that crashed near the entrance to the South Portland park, killing Patrick Donaghue, 20, of Wilton.
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PublishedJuly 3, 2019
Federal judge allows ‘gag rule’ on abortion referrals to take effect in Maine
Maine Family Planning and other abortion providers are challenging the rule in court.
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PublishedJune 26, 2019
Fight over state funding for religious schools heads to federal appeals court
Judge D. Brock Hornby rules that Maine education money cannot pay tuition to religious schools in communities without state-funded schools of their own, but acknowledges an inevitable appeal.
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PublishedJune 26, 2019
Truck driver’s appeal asks: Is taking blood constitutional in fatal OUI cases?
Maine’s highest court wrestles with warrantless blood draws as a driver convicted in a double-fatal crash claims unreasonable search and seizure.
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PublishedJune 24, 2019
Attorneys argue over Maine ban on public funding of religious schools
The lawsuit questions why districts can pay tuition to outside public and private schools, but are barred from paying public funding to religious schools.
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